Woods & Aitken assists clients in a wide variety of civil matters including complex construction and commercial disputes and litigation.

Ed Tricker has practiced with Woods & Aitken LLP in Lincoln, Nebraska, from 1977 to date with emphasis in construction and commercial law.  He has been involved with numerous complex construction and commercial projects, contracts and disputes throughout Nebraska and the United States.  His experience includes advising and representing businesses, public and private owners, contractors, subcontractors, equipment vendors, architects, engineers and surety companies in all aspects of commercial and construction projects including contract formation and negotiations, review, analysis and negotiation of change orders involving compensation and schedule delay, mediations, arbitrations, disputes review boards, special master proceedings and litigation in state and federal courts as well as the Federal Boards of Contract Appeals.  He has also worked on behalf of sureties, contractors and equipment suppliers in pursuing or defending claims in bankruptcy as well as other default matters.  During his career, he has represented clients regarding numerous construction and commercial projects including power generation facilities (coal, nuclear and co-generation), electrical transmission lines, casinos and hotels, water and sewage treatment facilities, convention and arena facilities, schools, bridges, highways, office buildings, hospitals, military facilities, canals, micro-chip processing plants, material handling facilities, distribution warehouses and airport runways. 

He was born in Owatonna, Minnesota, on April 1, 1948.  He was admitted to the bar in Nevada in 1973 (currently inactive) and in Nebraska in 1977.  He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8^th, 10^th and Federal Circuits, the U.S. Claims Court and the Federal District Courts for the Districts of Nevada, Nebraska, Arizona, Colorado and the Northern District of Illinois.  He received his law degree and undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1973 and 1970, respectively. 

He has presented numerous seminars before owners, contractors, subcontractors, engineers and architects and has assisted in preparing numerous papers regarding construction, commercial and litigation topics.  He is a member of the Nebraska Bar Association, American Bar Association, the American Bar Association Section on Litigation, the American Bar Association Section on Torts and Insurance, as well as the American Bar Association’s Forum Committee on the Construction Industry.  He is also a member of the Design Build Institute of America and the American Inns of Court.  In October 2002, he was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and in February 2004, he was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers.  He is also a Fellow of the Nebraska State Bar Foundation. 

PAPERS & PUBLICATIONS:

Edward H. Tricker and Craig C. Dirrim, contributing authors, Fifty State Public Construction Contracting, § 29 et seq. (Wiley Publications 1996)

Edward H. Tricker and Craig C. Dirrim, Contributing Authors, State-by-State Guide to Construction Contracts and Claims (Aspen Publishers 2005)

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AIA Contracts in Nebraska (Lorman Education Services, 2004)

Concentrated Course in Construction Law (Federal Publications – Wrote papers and taught a one-half day portion of the week-long course regarding bidding and contract disputes from 1987-1997)

Construction Management / Design-Build in Nebraska (Lorman Education Services, 2005)

Law for Design Professionals (Lorman Education Services, April 2002)

Nebraska Construction Law (National Business Institute Course; Wrote papers and taught portions of the course in 1987)

Public Contract Code and Competitive Public Bidding in Nebraska (Lorman Education Services, 2002 and 2003)

Public Contracting in Nebraska (Associated General Contractors of Nebraska, 2004)

Numerous oral and written presentations have also been made to industry groups (e.g. AGC – Nebraska Chapter; ABC – Nebraska; Surety-sponsored programs, including the Dana Point Surety Conference, etc.) regarding various topics, including claim recognition, preparation and resolution, licensing requirements in Nebraska for design professionals, mold claims, various issues regarding electronic documents, Nebraska’s construction lien laws, Nebraska’s Mini-Miller Act and the possible ramifications a bankruptcy preference action has with respect to payment bond claims. 

RECENT PRESENTATIONS:

Ayars & Ayars, Inc.

            ▫ Design Build Contracting, March 2004

Clark Enerson Partners

            ▫ Additional Insureds/AIA Design-Build Contracts, September 2005

Enterprise Properties, Inc.

            ▫ Lien and Bond Claims, May 2005

Harry A. Koch Co.

            ▫ Construction Bonds in Nebraska, Construction Insurance and Indemnification

                 Agreements, Business Succession Planning, A/E Risks in Design Build

                 Contracting, and AIA Contract Provisions, February 2004

            ▫ AIA Design-Build Contracts, July 2005

HDR Engineering, Inc.

            ▫ AIA Design-Build Contracts, April 2005

Holmes Murphy & Associates, Inc.

            ▫ AIA Design-Build Contracts, May 2005

JEO Consulting Group

            ▫ AIA Design-Build Contracts, May 2005

Mechanical Contractors Association of Omaha, Inc.

            ▫ Public Bid Protests, Workmen’s Comp, and Construction Claims Against Public

                 Entities, February 2004

National Association of Electrical Contractors

            ▫ AIA Design-Build Contracts, July 2005

Nebraska State Bar Association

            ▫ Considerations in Offering Animations into Evidence

                 or Opposing Their Admissibility, October 2004

Olsson Associates

            ▫ Design Building Contracting, January 2004

            ▫ Copyright Protection, April 2004

            ▫ Construction Liens, August 2005

SEMINARS:

The “Contractor’s” Construction Superconference, December 2002

            Daubert and Kumho Tire in Construction Disputes – Keeping Your Expert In and Keeping the Subcontractor’s Expert Out

Federal Publications LLC, 1985 to 2000

            Concentrated Course in Construction Contracts

Lorman Education Services

            ▫ Construction Contracting for Public Entities in Nebraska, April 2000

            ▫ Public Contract Code and Competitive Public Bidding, March 2002

            ▫ Law for Design Professionals, April 2002

            ▫ AIA Contracts in Nebraska, April 2004

            ▫ Construction Management/Design-Build in Nebraska, January 2005

            ▫ AIA Contracts in Nebraska, July 2005